When I got home, I realized that a pattern I had purchased was very similar to a pattern I already have. When I took it back to the shop, the owner said they could not take patterns back because of copyright issues -- someone might copy the pattern and then return it.

Just wondering if this is typical? In many years of purchasing quilt patterns, I believe this is the first time I ever took one back!

Yep that is the way it is here and for just those reasons . I never thought about it until someone explained it to me - guess most of us don't think about conning people .... which is a good thing :lol: